Early elementary students can practice their handwriting by spelling & tracing animal names with connecting the dots. Letter stroke guidance animations included. (iPad – free/$2.99)
A nifty app that teaches kids how to write the capital & lowercase letters of the alphabet, numbers up to 20, & simple words. Help Mr. Crab collect the numbered balls by dragging him with their finger & drawing the letter/numeral at the same time. Since the process of teaching kids to write uses a follow-the-numbered-dots approach, it helps if kids already know how to count & read numbers up to 10 in order to play this game. (free/$2.99)
This app is a visual writing prompt & creation tool. Contains 50 leveled visual, text, voice writing prompts for students, with more being possible as students & teachers can create their own customized writing prompts. (iPad – free/$3.99)
Help students spark their creative writing. Just tap a situation, a character, a setting, & an object to get started. Includes a built-in thesaurus. ($1.99)
Elementary Writing Apps
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ABC Phonics Animals Writing
Early elementary students can practice their handwriting by spelling & tracing animal names with connecting the dots. Letter stroke guidance animations included. (iPad – free/$2.99)
iWriteWords
A nifty app that teaches kids how to write the capital & lowercase letters of the alphabet, numbers up to 20, & simple words. Help Mr. Crab collect the numbered balls by dragging him with their finger & drawing the letter/numeral at the same time. Since the process of teaching kids to write uses a follow-the-numbered-dots approach, it helps if kids already know how to count & read numbers up to 10 in order to play this game. (free/$2.99)
Write About This
This app is a visual writing prompt & creation tool. Contains 50 leveled visual, text, voice writing prompts for students, with more being possible as students & teachers can create their own customized writing prompts. (iPad – free/$3.99)
Writing Prompts for Kids
Help students spark their creative writing. Just tap a situation, a character, a setting, & an object to get started. Includes a built-in thesaurus. ($1.99)
Last Updated - April 2014